Andrew Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Erik Andersen writes: > > I have found that with the newest rxvt (released within the last week I > > believe) it also messes up mutt, sets TERM to rxvt (which seems to break > > a few things that don't know about TERM=rxvt, and also messes up the > > screen for the kernel's menuconfig. Oh, and backspace no longer does > > a ^H for some reason. > > I had no problems with rxvt until I installed the new ncurses-base package. > This obviously has a different rxvt > terminfo file cause it doesn't display properly. Ncftp is a good test > TERM=rxvt and it's all messed up. TERM=vt100 it's fine. > > Install the old ncurses-base package and it's fine > with TERM=rxvt.
This is true, and I've been considering reporting it as a bug. The rxvt terminfo entry in the old ncurses-base package was very similar to xterm-color's entry. It added mouse support and some stuff necessary to handle the Home/End keys. The new ncurses-base package does not have an xterm-color entry and its rxvt entry is very different from its xterm entry (which to me is somewhat strange, since rxvt is usually described as a smaller replacement for xterm). Versions of rxvt prior to 2.20-5 set the TERM environment variable to xterm-color. (Note that this would cause problems with the new ncurses-base package, which does not have an xterm-color terminfo entry.) Since Debian has an rxvt terminfo entry, this was reported as a bug. After some discussion, I agreed with the author of the report and modified rxvt in version 2.20-5 to set TERM=rxvt on color displays and TERM=xterm on monochrome displays (since there was no monochrome rxvt terminfo entry available). The rxvt terminfo entry should be fixed. I suggest that it should follow the rxvt entry in the old ncurses-base package and be made equivalent to xterm with additional mouse and Home/End support. While we're fixing the terminfo entries, I would also like to suggest that a rxvt-mono entry be created for monochrome displays. It should be equivalent to the new rxvt entry with the color support disabled. I would then modify rxvt to set TERM=rxvt-mono, instead of TERM=xterm which it does now, when running on monochrome displays. Brian -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
